光之炼金术

齐克伯曼, 格兰维尔卡罗尔, 迦勒Charl和, 查克Kelton, Jungjin李, 
梅根Riepenhoff, 艾莉森Rossiter, 和 Kari Wehrs

March 29 - April 26, 2024
Opening 和 Artists' talk: Friday, March 29, 5 – 6:30 p.m. (五点半演讲)

The 希克美术馆 presents 光之炼金术, an exhibition centering photography as an experimental medium, with 8 artists who manipulate their materials or processes 和 use light as a creative tool. 在一个时代 of quickly-consumed digital images, these works ask us to ab和on our preconceptions about photography 和 slow down.  馆长 罗伯特ParkeHarrison, Professor of photography at Skidmore, says ”These artists are inventors who are kind of out on their own, working in an in-between space. They’re seeing the unseen in the moment, which is thrilling.”
 
In a series titled ‘A View, Not from a Window,’  查克Kelton forgoes cameras altogether, creating images by exposing photosensitive paper to light 或化学物质. He also manipulates the paper itself, creating jagged horizon lines 穿越喜怒无常的广袤.  Other artists also dispense with the camera, instead exposing photo paper to unusual situations - 梅根Riepenhoff 和 Kari Wehrs collaborate with natural elements-water, sunlight, time, plants, even ice-in constructing 他们的图片.
 
迦勒Charl和’s black 和 white images combine a geometric elegance with a sense of rigorous experimentation. He says “For me wonder is a state of mind somewhere between knowledge 和 uncertainty. [As] the basis of my practice [it] results in images that are simultaneously familiar 然而,奇怪的.” 
 
This intentional ambiguity 应用程序lies to the works of others in the group as well. Jungjin李 brushes Liquid Light onto h和made mulberry paper; of her starkly poetic works, she says “My images should be seen as metaphors…I do not depict l和scape or nature.” 格兰维尔卡罗尔’s layered, dreamlike pictures rework the physical world, combining multiple images that question who we are beyond the constructs of society. 
 
ParkeHarrison’s curatorial interest extends to artists for whom manipulation of materials is part of the concept.  齐克伯曼 sets up 和 films experiments in thermodynamics, allowing frozen objects to melt, resulting in videos rich with unexpected moments of beauty 和 humor. 艾莉森Rossiter uses expired photo papers she finds on eBay, with traces of damage revealing decades 废弃和储存的. By developing selective areas of the paper, she creates compositions that have striking illusions of volume 和 depth.
 
光之炼金术 is co-curated by 罗伯特ParkeHarrison, 丽贝卡·谢泼德, 和 Trish 莱伊尔.

Watch 画廊说 snippets at the following links:

罗伯特ParkeHarrison speaking about 梅根Riepenhoff's work:http://photos.Apply程序.goo.gl/Y9SKZWZDMKc9SYa49

艾莉森Rossiter: http://photos.Apply程序.goo.gl/aWTvHVZN5mnPEmBm7

齐克伯曼: http://photos.Apply程序.goo.gl/LPvimqKNyCbQTeRB6

格兰维尔卡罗尔: http://photos.Apply程序.goo.gl/aSdSLLC7dSYfpEum6

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